Rapid Business Development

Obvious Really Just Common Sense

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Business Development Programme “In the business world today all is not quite as it seem” In reality, it never has been!

But in today's economic and highly competitive environment those who are willing to think deeply and critically, challenge perceived wisdom and chart new approaches will be the leaders.

If you want a decisive competitive advantage, to beat the competition quickly and effectively, we invite you to take a new look at your business.

Grants Available An initial assessment is free of charge and the programme is usually eligible for 50% funding by the Skills Development Agency so it will costs only £250 per month

“If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got!” david.willox@obviousreally.com

The Rapid Development Programme is designed to provide a fast track approach to making a decisive difference to your business.

The Programme is designed to get you and your team working effectively together to develop the right strategy for your business, produce plans to which all in the team are fully committed and then to implement them, fast!

The programme is unique in the way it works. It begins with an initial review and then extends over 16 weeks - 1 session every two weeks.

It covers the key components required to build a successful business team: Leading the team, developing and setting goals and gaining employee commitment Planning, implementing and controlling the team in action Developing an effective, committed and enthusiastic team

Immediate Action - Fast Results The most important benefit is that you start putting changes into action immediately so that you see developments in the business straight away and the impact on your bottom line is in weeks, not months or year!

Thinking for a Change

Obvious Really Just Common Sense

The Business Development Challenge “The fundamental challenge

How does it work?

of science has been to see the world as it really is and not as it initially appears”

There are two key aspects to producing fast development; the changes that have to be made and the team that will have to make them. But although we can separate them in our minds these aspects are inextricably linked.

The same is true in business! We are accustomed to seeing the business world in a particular way and fail to spot logical inconsistencies.

How surprised would you be to discover: If you want to maximise your profit, basing your management decisions on profitability is not only bad but dangerous Focusing on selling more to your customers is generally counter productive Attempting to cut costs, reduce stocks and work in progress, will probably result in poorer cash flow Although these ideas seem strange the thinking behind them is actually quite simple to follow and once it is understood the reaction is invariably “Obvious really, just common sense”

Beat the Competition More important it will make it possible to change your approaches and gain a real competitive advantage

The Programme will enable you to identify: What to change What to change to How to change It will also ensure that you have the skills to involve your team in such a way that you: Utilise their insight into the issues Get their buy-in and enthusiastic support Are able to implement smoothly and swiftly

The Underlying Principle In any chain there is only one weakest link!

In any process there is only one bottleneck (constraint) that controls the process.

Relieve that and all the other parts of the process can perform more effectively!

And then you tackle the next constraint.

You will almost certainly discover that the actual constraint, when we find it is not a physical constraint (e.g. lack of equipment or money). Instead it will be self imposed by the way the issues are approached.

So there will be little cost involved in changing it!